Warm and Fuzzy Were the Eclipses

[Disclaimer: I take no position here. Anyone who attempts to pin one on me will be expunged from the discourse, with all possible prejudice.]

By Tuanna2010 (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons

Five thousand years of astrology says that eclipses are bad omens. NASA, the talking heads and all the modern “psychological” astrologers say that no, eclipses are warm and fuzzy and “activate” exciting new vistas in your life.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria is likely to have “destroyed” Puerto Rico, the island’s emergency director said Wednesday after the monster storm smashed ripped roofs off buildings and flooded homes across the economically strained U.S. territory….

It’s the new moon today. It’s been, ever since 10:22 PM Pacific Standard Time last night. Which means it’s been EXACTLY one “moon” since the eclipse. What’s taken place in that time?

Let’s just start with yesterday (Just the headlines, mac):

Donald Trump tries to piss off the entire world at the UN and, in large part, succeeds.

Toys-R-Us files for bankruptcy. (approx. 1600 stores)

7.1 Earthquake in Mexico City

Hurricane Harvey — Greatest amount of rainfall ever recorded in the continental USA. Suddenly appeared in 48 hours. Catastrophic flooding.

Acquittal of police officer for murdering Black motorist and planting gun in his car and subsequent protests/riots in St. Louis.

Republicans in Senate decide to go after health care AGAIN. (Third time is the murderous charm? Seriously, folks, I have never seen any American representatives so hell-bent on murdering their constituents. Well, at least since the Civil War.)

AUGUST:

Muller investigation keeps expanding.

The aftermath of the White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia (August 17, four days before the eclipse of August 21).

Trump sends more troops to Afghanistan

The Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and new trophy wife (Married by Veep Mike Pence) get in a world of hurt over use of government aircraft for pleasure trips and wife’s elitist tweet in defense of her Marie Antoinette Diet suggestions. (Also, from the Washington Post: “Mnuchin viewed eclipse from roof of Fort Knox”)

Trump goes to Arizona and attacks BOTH sitting United States Senators … who are ALSO Republicans.

Trump and Senate Leader McConnell now reportedly locked in a “cold war.”

Federal judge blocks further implementation of Texas’ voter ID law for blatant racism. Supreme Court, without comment says “no, Texas is just fine” by 5-4 vote. Gorsuch is deciding vote.

Roger Stone: Any Politician Who Votes To Impeach Trump “Would Be Endangering Their Own Life”

Sebastian Gorka resigns post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump. [Immediately goes to work for Sinclair Broadcasting’s “mandatory” news stories shown on Sinclair-owned stations. We have two in Eugene (the CBS and NBC affiliates) and BOTH show Gorka’s agit-prop pro-Trump anti-fact “news segments” on our local news. Both show Sharryl Attkisson’s phony “investigative journalism” show — completely produced by Sinclair — with the CBS affiliate showing the half-hour “news” show right before CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday nights.]

Trump officially bans transgender people from US armed forces.

HANDOUT FROM JAMES O’KEEFE, NO PHOTO CREDIT

Trump fires his rally organizer after not enough people show up at his Arizona rally. (Xerxes had the Hellespooont lashed when the sea destroyed his first pontoon bridge into Greece.)

Scientists say Hurricane Harvey was exacerbated by climate change; Republicans say that scientists owe their existence to the presence of a talking snake.

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN) Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Monday that a “rendezvous” is being set up between him and President Donald Trump to relay information he received …

Trump slashes Obamacare’s advertising budget by 90% — White House also cuts the in-person outreach program by $23 million.

Kid Rock attempts to ingratiate himself with Trump’s literate base by writing (on Labor Day) I am starting to see reports from the misinformed press and the fake news on how I am in violation of breaking campaign law. — #1 I have still not officially announced my candidacy. — #2 See #1 and go f**k yourselves. — Everyone else, Have a great Labor Day …

Damian Paletta / Washington Post: Trump pulls back threat to shut down government over border wall — for now

North Korea Says It Tested a Hydrogen Bomb

Justice Department confirms no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

Trump announces end of DACA ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and demands congress fix it. Then suggests he may reinstate after 30 days if the congress fails to act.

Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, dies aged 67

Tronc, Owner of Los Angeles Times, Buys Tabloid New York Daily News

Putin says the nation that leads in AI ‘will be the ruler of the world’

After an earthquake and a hurricane — and Trump’s failure to send condolences — Mexico rescinds offer of aid to U.S. —
President Enrique Peña Nieto talks to survivors in the city of Juchitan after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake killed at least 95 people in Mexico…

Contractors say Clinton State Department silenced them on Benghazi security lapses (Seriously? The Right has beaten this dead horse into a red smear on the asphalt, but they have nothing else to muddy the waters of the Russia scandal with, evidently.)

Latino Republicans Say They Aren’t Getting Their Calls Returned By The White House

How the FEC Turned a Blind Eye to Foreign Meddling

Wall Street Journal: Climate Change Hype Doesn’t Help

Anti-Fascists Used Twitter To Find A Neo-Nazi Walking Around Seattle And Beat Him Up

Toys ‘R’ Us, Once a Category Killer, Is Forced Into Bankruptcy

Oh, and the Northwest is burning (all month):

Smoke from the Western Fires in September (NOAA -GOES 16)

And we’re up to date with Maria ravaging Puerto Rico and José menacing the US Eastern seaboard. And dthe Mexican cleanup from two huge earthquakes: 8.1 and 7.1. (By contrast, the infamous 1994 “Northridge quake” in LA was only a 6.7.

Hurricane Maria Over Puerto Rico
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Joseph and Mary — an exclamation being muttered in a big chunk of the Caribbean.

It that’s a “warm and fuzzy” eclipse, I’d hate to see a bad one.

[Traditionally, earthquakes are a well-known astrological effect of eclipses — just sayin.]

This Eclipse opens a portal into a big New Chapter of life on Planet Earth, a New Chapter that will take us through an important part of our transition into the Age of Aquarius.

Quite obviously this New Chapter brings with it much turmoil and challenge, to put it lightly; but this New Chapter will also bring many great awakenings, heart openings, a greater sense of connection and meaning, and new vistas of truth beyond what we have been programmed to believe about ourselves and our world.

Do solar eclipses affect humans?
No, there’s no evidence that eclipses have any physical effect on humans. However, throughout history, eclipses have been known to produce profound psychological effects. For millennia, they were sometimes interpreted as portents of doom by virtually every known civilization.

Empiricism — observation of reality — doesn’t seem to bear either one out. The old superstitious notion that eclipses aren’t portents of doom isn’t refuted by this moon-ths news.

And that’s my point. Again, no position taken, just the alternative facts, ma’am.